Meta announced today a lineup of AI-driven gadgets, highlighted by the Muse Charm — a compact device built for its new Muse AI assistant. Below are the specifics.
Meta broadens its AI‑enabled eyewear collection.
Meta launched its Meta Connect 2026 event today, the annual platform unveiling fresh AI tech, wearables, and VR gear.
The most notable reveal from last year was the Meta Ray‑Ban Display, the first smart glasses featuring an integrated screen capable of displaying messages, navigation cues, Meta AI replies, and additional content.
At that moment, Meta’s AI glasses were already seeing strong demand, with Meta and EssilorLuxottica collectively selling over 7 million units throughout the year.
Since then, Meta’s camera‑equipped glasses have attracted heightened privacy and ethical scrutiny, sparking extensive debate about privacy, ethics, and broader resistance to AI.
Today, Meta unveiled the Ray‑Ban Meta Audio, its inaugural camera‑free smart glasses, priced at $349 and slated for release on October 13.
The Ray‑Ban Meta Audio keeps core audio functions — music and podcast playback, calls, and live translation — delivering many of the same capabilities as Meta’s camera‑based glasses, and it also supports Muse, Meta’s new personal AI assistant.
Meta also revealed the Ray‑Ban Meta (Gen 3) tonight, which sports a slimmer profile, up to nine hours of battery life, and a new action button, while preserving the 12 MP camera and 3K video recording from its predecessor.
The action button can be customized via the Meta AI app for one‑tap access to Meta AI or other functions like live translation. The Ray‑Ban Meta (Gen 3) is now on sale starting at $449.
During the same event, Meta introduced the Meta VR Glasses, a lightweight (~100 g) VR headset styled to resemble regular glasses. It boasts a “5K Infinite Display” built on micro‑OLED panels, integrated Meta AI, eye‑ and hand‑tracking, and a detachable pocketable puck that manages processing, power, and storage.
Meta markets the VR Glasses as a personal cinema, gaming platform, and workstation, and they are the first IMAX‑Enhanced‑certified VR device, supporting 3D films and immersive live sports.
Alongside the VR Glasses, Meta unveiled a new hologram feature that generates a photorealistic avatar mirroring a user’s real‑time expressions and reactions during video calls.
Meta notes that a version of this feature will also arrive on Meta Ray‑Ban Display, allowing users to create a digital avatar of their face for hands‑free video calls, starting with WhatsApp.
The Meta VR Glasses are expected to hit stores in spring 2027, priced at $1,299.99.
To wrap up the evening’s eyewear announcements, Meta expanded its Meta Glasses lineup with two new styles — Capri and Nova — a new collection co‑designed with LISA, and the $249 Meta Adventurer, its cheapest smart glasses to date.
The company also launched a limited‑edition Meta Fury model and added a new Ivory shade to its Kylie Jenner collaboration.
Meta introduces the Muse Charm.
At tonight’s event, Meta unveiled the Muse Charm, a palm‑sized device centered on its newly launched Muse personal AI agent. Launched earlier this month, the Muse app has quickly climbed to the top spot on both the U.S. App Store and Google Play.
The Muse Charm, which Meta calls a “holdable,” includes a roughly 2‑inch OLED touchscreen and a customizable Muse character at its core. Users can modify its look, outfits, voice, and other traits, and interact directly with Muse via the device.
The device also packs front‑ and rear‑facing cameras, speakers, microphones, 5G connectivity, and a USB‑C port. While the cameras can take photos and video, Bloomberg notes they are mainly meant to give Muse visual context for analysis and AI‑driven actions, not to function as conventional cameras.
Users configure and sync the Charm using the Muse app on iPhone or Android, and two Charm units can detect each other and interact when placed nearby.
Meta intends to start selling the Muse Charm in December, though no price has been disclosed; Bloomberg suggests it will be priced similarly to a smartwatch.
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